The 1960s brought lots of change and innovation to the music industry. It’s an era of music frequently studied in music education and online music education.
The influential artists of the 1960s are almost too numerous to mention. On the soul music side, we could talk about the genius of Aretha Franklin.
We could also talk about James Brown, a soul artist who fostered a whole other set of rhythmic innovations that came to be a new genre called funk.
We could talk about Stevie Wonder, who helped incorporate the synthesizer into pop music.
We could talk about Jimi Hendrix, who pioneered a new way of relating to the electric guitar, and in many ways helped to ignite another genre called heavy metal.
